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dosage

[doh-sij] Origin

dos·age

[doh-sij]
noun
1.
the administration of medicine in doses.
2.
the amount of medicine to be given.
3.
Physics. dose.
4.
the process of adding a sugar solution to champagne and other sparkling wines before final corking.

Origin:
1840–50; dose + -age
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dosage (ˈdəʊsɪdʒ)
 
n
1.  the administration of a drug or agent in prescribed amounts and at prescribed intervals
2.  the optimum therapeutic dose and optimum interval between doses
3.  dose another name for dose

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dosage
1867, from dose + -age.
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Medical Dictionary

dosage dos·age (dō'sĭj)
n.

  1. Administration of a therapeutic agent in prescribed amounts.

  2. Determination of the amount to be so administered.

  3. The amount so administered.

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